Our Covid-19 Response

The ​Montessori School at Emory has reopened on May 4th for a limited number of families in need. We are still committed to ensuring the safety and health of our community. Learn below how far we are going to fulfill that commitment.

Our teachers have been guiding students through distance learning from day one of the Covid-19 school closure, starting March 16thand continue to do so for a majority of our students who choose to stay home through the end of May 2020. This guidance looks different based on the class level of the child. Replicating at home, what happens in our classrooms, is not something we can achieve during this period. Our goal is to work in collaboration with families to maintain the culture of learning that is unique to Montessori, and provide families with support and activities that match the developmental needs and characteristics of the child.

Click here for more information on our distance learning. For almost 30 years the Montessori School at Emory has been providing authentic AMI accredited Montessori education to children in the Decatur/Emory area. We remain committed as ever to providing the best possible education and services to our families and our community throughout this Covid-19 crisis. Our school's administration is in constant communication with other Montessori Schools and private schools in Atlanta and all across the country. We're proud to report that our amazing staff of teachers hit the ground running with distance learning weeks ahead of many schools. We are also offering a more full day distance learning experience than public schools and even some of the most elite private schools out there.

The Montessori School at Emory is leaning forward into our "new normal" by being prepared in a Covid-19 world. We have sourced and forged relationships with vendors for all the supplies needed to ensure that we are able to maintain a Covid-19 safe environment as possible; right now, throughout our Summer Program and into the next school year. It is our goal to be as prepared for this future as much as any other school out there. We have already purchased and stock piled thousands of face masks and shoe coverings, hand sanitizers and wipes, virus grade spray and equipment for both inside surfaces and outdoor playground equipment and surfaces. We have installed state-of-the-art thermal imaging units at our entrances that allow for non-contact fever screening of every person before they enter our school buildings. To see the guidelines we used to partially reopen our school on May 4, 2020 download our Health and Safety Precautions PDF.

Our families have embraced our distance learning and our comprehensive response to Covid-19 and we thank them for their continued support!

Whether it's our children who have returned to school in May...

Thermal Scanning For Temperatures At Our School Entrance

We Are Providing All Of Our Children & Staff In The School All The Necessary Personal Protective Gear

...or our children that have chosen to continue distance learn at home.